Justin Kadi
@justinkadi.bsky.social
Social scientist. Housing, inequality, political economy. Associate Editor International Journal of Housing Policy. Assistant Professor Dep. of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. Own views.
Schöne Story über hohe Mieten am privaten Markt in Wien: wien.orf.at/stories/3327... Eine ähnliche Auswertung habe ich 2021 mit Kollegen von der TU Wien gemacht: mietmonitor.wien (wir hatten etwas bessere Daten, 2011-2019, nicht nur 2019)
Wohnen in Wien für Systemerhalter schwer leistbar
In Wien werden Personen in systemrelevanten Berufen, etwa in der Pflege, gesucht. Eine Recherche des Urban Journalism Network unter Beteiligung des ORF und der Wiener Zeitung zeigt, dass die Wohnkoste...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Schöne Story über hohe Mieten am privaten Markt in Wien: wien.orf.at/stories/3327... Eine ähnliche Auswertung habe ich 2021 mit Kollegen von der TU Wien gemacht: mietmonitor.wien (wir hatten etwas bessere Daten, 2011-2019, nicht nur 2019)
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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July).
sase.org/events/2026-...
Deadline: December 16th
On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July).
sase.org/events/2026-...
Deadline: December 16th
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July).
sase.org/events/2026-...
Deadline: December 16th
On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July).
sase.org/events/2026-...
Deadline: December 16th
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Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
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October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
CfP ENHR Workshop: Families, Housing, and the Asset Society.
University of Cambridge, UK, June 4-5 2026. Abstract Deadline: Feb 1 2026. Details: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
University of Cambridge, UK, June 4-5 2026. Abstract Deadline: Feb 1 2026. Details: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
September 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
CfP ENHR Workshop: Families, Housing, and the Asset Society.
University of Cambridge, UK, June 4-5 2026. Abstract Deadline: Feb 1 2026. Details: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
University of Cambridge, UK, June 4-5 2026. Abstract Deadline: Feb 1 2026. Details: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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🗞️🏘️👉The Department's @justinkadi.bsky.social has just published a new article on Vienna's housing sector for @theguardian.com. 🔗Read more on our website here: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-just...
Dr Justin Kadi publishes in the Guardian on Vienna's housing policies
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July 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🗞️🏘️👉The Department's @justinkadi.bsky.social has just published a new article on Vienna's housing sector for @theguardian.com. 🔗Read more on our website here: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-just...
Budapest’s young people are joining the ranks of generation rent: Sell-offs of public housing and the right’s promotion of home ownership has left too many unable to afford accommodation
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Budapest’s young people are joining the ranks of generation rent | Csaba Jelinek
Sell-offs of public housing and the right’s promotion of home ownership has left too many unable to afford accommodation, says urban sociologist Csaba Jelinek
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Budapest’s young people are joining the ranks of generation rent: Sell-offs of public housing and the right’s promotion of home ownership has left too many unable to afford accommodation
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I have an article in the Guardian today on how finance capitalism is wreaking havoc on housing across Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
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July 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have an article in the Guardian today on how finance capitalism is wreaking havoc on housing across Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Vienna is regularly cited as the best example of how to do affordable housing, and @justinkadi.bsky.social is *the* Vienna housing expert.
He explains the city's social-rental stock results from structural political commitment + investment (1% levy on salaries)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
He explains the city's social-rental stock results from structural political commitment + investment (1% levy on salaries)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Vienna has been declared a renters’ utopia – and it’s easy to see why | Justin Kadi
Social housing makes up almost half of the city’s 1m homes. The system isn’t perfect, but it gets a lot of things right, says housing expert Justin Kadi
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Vienna is regularly cited as the best example of how to do affordable housing, and @justinkadi.bsky.social is *the* Vienna housing expert.
He explains the city's social-rental stock results from structural political commitment + investment (1% levy on salaries)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
He explains the city's social-rental stock results from structural political commitment + investment (1% levy on salaries)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Now also included in an issue of @housingtheory.bsky.social My take on how Vienna's private rental market has transformed since the 1980s. A story of commodification through deregulation, the entrance of corporate landlords, and the emergence of new strategies to maximize returns 👇
New paper: When it comes to housing policy, Vienna is typically treated as a posterchild of decommodification. But the regulated private rental market has undergone significant commodification since the 1980s. I show how. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Layers of Commodification in the City of Decommodification: The Transformation of Regulated Private Renting in Vienna
Among housing observers, Vienna is typically treated as a posterchild of decommodification, showcasing the power of politics to tame the profit motive in housing. We argue that this view requires n...
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April 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Now also included in an issue of @housingtheory.bsky.social My take on how Vienna's private rental market has transformed since the 1980s. A story of commodification through deregulation, the entrance of corporate landlords, and the emergence of new strategies to maximize returns 👇
The Intern. Journal of Housing Policy is celebrating its 25th birthday with a symposium this year. The event "Reflections and Developments in Housing Research: What's next?" will take place on Sep 8/9 at Univ. Glasgow. In collaboration with Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence. Details below
March 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Intern. Journal of Housing Policy is celebrating its 25th birthday with a symposium this year. The event "Reflections and Developments in Housing Research: What's next?" will take place on Sep 8/9 at Univ. Glasgow. In collaboration with Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence. Details below
New paper together with S. Banabak & L. Plank: Institutional investment in rental housing in the city of social housing. Published in European Urban and Regional Studies. / Key points Thread 1/n journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Institutional investment in rental housing in the city of social housing - Justin Kadi, Selim Banabak, Leonhard Plank, 2025
While scholarly and public attention on institutional investors in rental housing is considerable, studies that quantify the relevance of such actors are still ...
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February 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New paper together with S. Banabak & L. Plank: Institutional investment in rental housing in the city of social housing. Published in European Urban and Regional Studies. / Key points Thread 1/n journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New editorial in the International Journal of Housing Policy: Housing as an engine of inequality and the role of policy. With @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social and Megan Nethercote
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Housing as an engine of inequality and the role of policy
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 25, No. 1, 2025)
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January 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New editorial in the International Journal of Housing Policy: Housing as an engine of inequality and the role of policy. With @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social and Megan Nethercote
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Out now also in an issue of Urban Geography: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Gentrification and the suburbanization of poverty: evidence from a highly regulated housing system
There is growing evidence of a suburbanization of poverty in the context of accelerating gentrification, particularly in liberal housing systems. To what extent are similar processes occurring in h...
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October 29, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Out now also in an issue of Urban Geography: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"The number of uk hospital beds shrank from 2.76 per thousand in 2013 to 2.42 in 2021, compared to 7.76 in Germany and 5.65 in France." newleftreview.org/issues/ii148...
Tom Hazeldine, Neo-Labourism in the Saddle, NLR 148, July–August 2024
Still lagging its G7 peers in recovery from the 2008 crisis, and faced with the impasse of Brexit, Britain is haunted again by the spectre of decline. As Labour returns to office, tight-lipped about i...
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October 21, 2024 at 8:11 PM
"The number of uk hospital beds shrank from 2.76 per thousand in 2013 to 2.42 in 2021, compared to 7.76 in Germany and 5.65 in France." newleftreview.org/issues/ii148...
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"We find tax cuts for the rich lead to higher income inequality in both the short- and medium-term. In contrast, such reforms do not have any significant effect on economic growth or unemployment."
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The economic consequences of major tax cuts for the rich
Abstract . The last 50 years has seen a dramatic decline in taxes on the rich across the advanced democracies. There is still fervent debate in both politi
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October 20, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Fascinating paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Bookkeepers of catastrophes: The overlooked role of reinsurers in climate change debates
Global warming had long been discussed as an abstract matter of physics and chemistry. Only in the 1990s did the more tangible costs caused by natural…
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October 7, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Fascinating paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Call for Papers - Homeownership, housing, and inequality: Continuity and change, Luxembourg, 10-11 December 2024, ENHR Working Group Homeownership and Globalization www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Call for Papers - Homeownership, housing, and inequality: Continuity and change, Luxembourg, 10-11 December 2024, ENHR Working Group Homeownership and Globalization
PDF | On Sep 23, 2024, Richard Ronald and others published Call for Papers - Homeownership, housing, and inequality: Continuity and change, Luxembourg, 10-11 December 2024, ENHR Working Group Homeowne...
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September 25, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Call for Papers - Homeownership, housing, and inequality: Continuity and change, Luxembourg, 10-11 December 2024, ENHR Working Group Homeownership and Globalization www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I've finally said good bye to X. I agree with the argument that we, as academics, should be more cautious about the platforms we are on and make sure not to support dubious and politically regressive projects. So from now on only Blue Sky.
September 9, 2024 at 2:10 PM
I've finally said good bye to X. I agree with the argument that we, as academics, should be more cautious about the platforms we are on and make sure not to support dubious and politically regressive projects. So from now on only Blue Sky.
New paper: When it comes to housing policy, Vienna is typically treated as a posterchild of decommodification. But the regulated private rental market has undergone significant commodification since the 1980s. I show how. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Layers of Commodification in the City of Decommodification: The Transformation of Regulated Private Renting in Vienna
Among housing observers, Vienna is typically treated as a posterchild of decommodification, showcasing the power of politics to tame the profit motive in housing. We argue that this view requires n...
www.tandfonline.com
August 1, 2024 at 7:26 PM
New paper: When it comes to housing policy, Vienna is typically treated as a posterchild of decommodification. But the regulated private rental market has undergone significant commodification since the 1980s. I show how. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Auch Adam Smith sah schon die Notwendigkeit öffentlicher Infrastruktur 👇
Der Staat hat "Pflicht, bestimmte Anstalten und Einrichtungen zu gründen und zu unterhalten, die ein einzelner oder eine (..) Gruppe aus eigenem Interesse nicht betreiben kann, weil der Gewinn ihre Kosten niemals decken könnte, obwohl er häufig höher sein mag als die Kosten für das (..) Gemeinwesen“
July 22, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Auch Adam Smith sah schon die Notwendigkeit öffentlicher Infrastruktur 👇
Der Staat hat "Pflicht, bestimmte Anstalten und Einrichtungen zu gründen und zu unterhalten, die ein einzelner oder eine (..) Gruppe aus eigenem Interesse nicht betreiben kann, weil der Gewinn ihre Kosten niemals decken könnte, obwohl er häufig höher sein mag als die Kosten für das (..) Gemeinwesen“
July 22, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Der Staat hat "Pflicht, bestimmte Anstalten und Einrichtungen zu gründen und zu unterhalten, die ein einzelner oder eine (..) Gruppe aus eigenem Interesse nicht betreiben kann, weil der Gewinn ihre Kosten niemals decken könnte, obwohl er häufig höher sein mag als die Kosten für das (..) Gemeinwesen“
Looking forward to giving a plenary speech at the conference "The contested provisioning of care and housing" tomorrow at WU Vienna. My somewhat bold title: Good housing for all? Strategies and barriers. Read about the conference here: www.contestedcareandhousing.com
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May 22, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Looking forward to giving a plenary speech at the conference "The contested provisioning of care and housing" tomorrow at WU Vienna. My somewhat bold title: Good housing for all? Strategies and barriers. Read about the conference here: www.contestedcareandhousing.com
Impliziert die Schwierigkeit in der Einhebung einer Vermögenssteuer, dass es sie nicht geben sollte? "Wir sagen auch nicht: "Es ist unmöglich, alle Straßen zu kontrollieren, weshalb haben wir überhaupt eine Maximalgeschwindigkeit" "
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Ökonomin Martínez: "Administrativer Aufwand ist kein Argument gegen Vermögenssteuern"
Die Schweizer Verteilungsökonomin Isabel Martínez erklärt die Vor- und Nachteile einer solchen Steuer und was sie von einem staatlichen Grunderbe hält
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May 4, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Impliziert die Schwierigkeit in der Einhebung einer Vermögenssteuer, dass es sie nicht geben sollte? "Wir sagen auch nicht: "Es ist unmöglich, alle Straßen zu kontrollieren, weshalb haben wir überhaupt eine Maximalgeschwindigkeit" "
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Guter Text: "Der Begriff des Anthropozäns verdeckt mehr, als er enthüllt. Wir benötigen einen Alternativbegriff, der die ungleichen Verantwortlichkeiten nicht nur benennt, sondern auch historische Erklärungen anbietet. " www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Adieu Anthropozän – willkommen im Kapitalozän!
Wir befinden uns also doch nicht im Erdzeitalter des Menschen, behaupten Fachleute. Doch leben wir seit 200 Jahren in einer Wachstumsgesellschaft, die ihre eigenen Grundlagen untergräbt
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April 9, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Guter Text: "Der Begriff des Anthropozäns verdeckt mehr, als er enthüllt. Wir benötigen einen Alternativbegriff, der die ungleichen Verantwortlichkeiten nicht nur benennt, sondern auch historische Erklärungen anbietet. " www.derstandard.at/story/300000...